Summary: MIPS64 emulator able to emulate the Cisco 7200 and 3600 platforms

I started in August 2005 a project to emulate a Cisco 7200 on a traditionnal
PC. Now, it also supports Cisco 3600 series (3620, 3640 and 3660).
The goals of this emulator are mainly:
* To be used as a training platform, with software used in real world. It
would allow people to become more familiar with Cisco devices, Cisco
being the world leader in networking technologies ;
* Test and experiment the numerous and powerful features of Cisco IOS ;
* Check quickly configurations to be deployed later on real routers.
Of course, this emulator cannot replace a real router: you should be able to
get a performance of about 1 kpps (depending on your host machine), to be
compared to the 100 kpps delivered by a NPE-100 (the oldest NPE model). So, it
is simply a complementary tool to real labs for administrators of Cisco
networks or people wanting to pass their CCNA/CCNP/CCIE exams.